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• Albartus Bliekendaal, Amersfoort († 1907)
• adriana jacoba wilhelmina van es, culemborg († 1953)
• Adam Prince Czartoryski, Paris, Seine, France († 1937)
• Adam Louis CZARTORYSKI († 1937)
• "Paule" Marie Perrine Catherine du Plessis d'Argentré, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France († 1911)
• Adrianus Noorman, Goeree-Overflakkee (Melissant) (Zuid-Holland († 1916)
• Aart Fennis, Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1948)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van Eijk, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1872)
• Aaltje Paulus Bultstra, Tietjerksteradeel († 1891)
• Albert Stroeve, Baalder († 1920)

• Anna ÅKESDOTTER (74), Södra Ljunga,Ljungby Kommun,Kronoberg,SWEDEN,Fiskerud
• Anna Mechtildis LAST (77), Ulestraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Brand Gerrits van 't Hul (70), Kamperveen, Kampen, Overijssel, NL
• Albert MEULEMAN (78), Verwolde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sas (60), Lille, 2275, België
• adrianus WANDER (0), nieuw-beijerland
• Albertina Wilhelmina Verhoeff (54), Utrecht
• Berendje Zeedijk (76), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Jansen (48), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berentjen Berends Zeedijk (76), IJsselmuiden, Nederland

• 1857 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, author, reformer, and educator († 1944)
• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• March 1 » Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park.
• April 10 » The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.
• November 5 » Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
• November 18 » Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for voting illegally in the United States presidential election of 1872.
• November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.

The temperature on November 5, 1872 was about 13.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.